Regulating Canada's Fishery

Act: Fisheries Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14
Regulation: Fishery (General) Regulations, SOR/93-53.

To Whom Does This Apply?

To fishers in the Atlantic Provinces, British Columbia and the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Eligible Area

The Atlantic Provinces, British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Summary

The Fishery (General) Regulations provide the general administrative provisions and offences applicable to fishers, including:

• variation of close times, or quotas;
• expiration and use of licenses and registrations;
• fishing vessel and fishing gear marking requirements;
• conditions attached to fishing licenses;
• suspension or cancellation of a license;
• assistance for persons enforcing the Act;
• observers on board fishing vessels;
• licenses for experimental, scientific and educational purposes;
• authorization for work that may disrupt or destroy fish habitats;
• incorporation of other regulations; and
• offences for obstructing the mesh of fishing nets, dumping or wasting fish, selling fish not taken under a commercial license and fishing in fish hatcheries and rearing or holding facilities operated by government.

For more information on licenses, please contact the person below.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Director
Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Station 14-E-241
Centennial Towers
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0E6
Telephone: 613-998-5495
Fax: 613-990-2811
TTY (hearing impaired): 613-941-6517
E-mail: matteB@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/home-accueil_e.htm
Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday (Eastern time).